So, simply how much does it cost the federal government or a municipality to fix a pothole?
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO FIX A POTHOLE?
According to a report by Jacaranda FM, the previous South African Road Federation chairperson Mutshutshu Nxumalo mentioned it prices the federal government or a municipality between R700 and R1500 per sq. meter to fix a pothole.
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He moreover claimed that South Africa has greater than 25 million potholes and over the previous seven years, the variety of potholes has elevated by about 10 million.
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‘STRONG PROCUREMENT STRATEGIES ARE NEEDED’
“Strong procurement strategies are needed to address the backlog in fixing the potholes.
“Unfortunately, what we also do because we have not been maintaining our infrastructure very well, we have neglected the infrastructure for too long. The problems have become huge, and that’s why we have the programmes that government is trying to put forward to address the backlog.
“It also needs a strong procurement strategy to solutions that will work so you can be able to track what you have done and if there are any warranty issues on the work that contractors have done, so you can follow them to come and fix again where things have not gone well.
“Which is why we need to comply with the general reporting and accounting to see where our money went.”
Mutshutshu Nxumalo
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‘GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO WORK WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR’
According to him, the government needs to work with the private sector.
“It is only through partnerships with the private sector that it will happen, because in my instance, I have got the infrared system that we got from the United Kingdom where we repair potholes permanently by stitching the old section to the new section, but when the government needs a solution it needs to be a multi-approached situation, as the government does not have capacity.”
Meanwhile, a three-day convention kicked off on Tuesday, the SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) blamed the dearth of upkeep for the pothole downside
SEVERAL INITIATIVES LAUNCHED TO WIN THE FIGHT AGAINST POTHOLES
South Africa has launched a number of initiatives geared toward successful the struggle towards potholes, together with apps.
Sanral is hailing its newest initiative, Operation Vala Zonke, which was launched in August, as a success.
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The initiative has reported important success in most provinces in simply 10 weeks.
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HOW MANY POTHOLES HAVE BEEN FIXED IN THE PAST 10 WEEKS
According to Sanral these are the most recent figures:
- Johannesburg has already fastened and crammed a powerful 112 699 potholes,
- North West 28 578,
- Limpopo 25 431
- Free State has 16 540 fewer potholes
According to Tshwane University of Technology’s Professor Philip Paige-Green mentioned, there was much extra to the difficulty than simply filling potholes.
He reportedly mentioned the federal government already knew what it must be doing to take care of highway upkeep points.
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‘IT’S SIMPLE, IF THEY AREN’T FIXED PROPERLY, THEY WON’T LAST’
Paige-Green moreover mentioned regardless of a examine launched by the CSIR [Council for Scientific and Industrial Research] in 2010 that particulars the strategy we must be taking to take care of potholes, little of what was proposed has been applied on our provincial, city and district roads.
“It’s simple, if they aren’t fixed properly, they won’t last.”